MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY June 15, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, June 15, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

FEATURING MANY SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS! Most of the specimens here are from old stashes and purchased dealer inventories that you cannot as easily find in today's market as in the past. This week will highlight some rare Arizona locality pieces recently obtained in a collection purchase. We also feature more choice pieces, including many of $1000 value and up, from the old Obodda material, and the Kay Robertson Collection.

We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Rare and superb Ross Lillie Collection FLUORITE & QUARTZ
2. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
including a
Fine Arkansas "turkey fat" SMITHSONITE
3. Guanajuato ACANTHITE after PYRARGYRITE 4. GEM CRYSTALS 5. Vibrant COBALTOAN CALCITE and YELLOW SMITHSONITE from CHINA finds!
6. Rare Argentina gem TOPAZ
7. Large old rare BOURNONITE from France
8. Fine specimens from a new ARIZONA collection
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Gem, floater, Aquamarine Crystal (heat-treated)
Volodarsk-Volynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast', Ukraine
5.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Large Smithsonite (rare locale)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
21.6 x 12.7 x 5.0 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Neptunite (ex Willard Perkin & Kay Robertson Coll.)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
2.3 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Calcite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Tremolite (rare locale and good crystal form) Kay Robertson Coll.
Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
6.8 x 5.4 x 2.0 cm
Tourmaline (fluorescent!) & Dolomite (RARE) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Alpe Campolungo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Botryoidal Azurite ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
8.0 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Beryl var. Heliodor (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Sapucaia mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.9 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine (rare Colorado) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
California Mine, Upper Browns Creek area, Nathrop, Chaffee Co., Colorado
2.5 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Bournonite w/ Sphalerite (important, old classic) ex Charles Noll Coll.
Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
13.2 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
Baryte (Sandy Ludlum Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Large botryoidal Malachite (Dr. Barratt Phillip Coll.)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
16.0 x 9.8 x 8.8 cm
large Utah Topaz w/ Bixbyite (Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.)
Maynard's claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
7.9 x 7.9 x 6.3 cm
DT Calcite on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.4 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Galena and Baryte (rare old German combo) Kay Robertson Coll.
Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.0 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite (old - rare quality) ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.0 x 6.8 x 4.6 cm
Fluorite and Quartz ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona
4.3 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Large Calcite (old classic) Dr. Ed David Coll.
Stank Mine, Barrow, Cumbria, England
14.8 x 9.8 x 8.0 cm
Large Fluorite w/ Siderite (classic locale - rare)
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
18.3 x 12.7 x 9.8 cm
Boulder Opal (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Azurite & Malachite (uncommon locale)
Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
4.0 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
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